[Efa] Push Pelosi to stop warrantless NSA surveillance in 2018

[Shahid Buttar]

I’m writing just to flag some opportunities to impact the latest machinations in Congress <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-06/house-aims-to-pass-revised-surveillance-bill-as-deadline-looms> to reauthorize warrantless NSA surveillance without substantial reforms.

Can you share any of these resources with the rest of your group?
EFF posted a call tool urging Nancy Pelosi to accept Section 702 bills only if they have robust warrant requirements: https://act.eff.org/action/tell-leader-pelosi-to-require-warrants-for-nsa-spying <https://act.eff.org/action/tell-leader-pelosi-to-require-warrants-for-nsa-spying>. We've asked callers to say the following when on the lines with Pelosi's staff: "Please tell Leader Pelosi: the government should get a warrant before accessing American communications. Reject any NSA extension bills that don't protect my Fourth Amendment rights.”
We also have an RSVP page, where people can sign up to receive a friendly reminder each morning to make another call until either the January 19 deadline, or when a bill is passed. That's here: www.eff.org/callpelosi <http://www.eff.org/callpelosi>
On social media messaging, here is the latest tweet we sent out for the Pelosi call tool: https://twitter.com/EFF/status/949334615847661568 <https://twitter.com/EFF/status/949334615847661568>We also invite organized groups to seek meetings with Pelosi’s office (and those of other congressional reps) to convey your concerns about mass government surveillance unconstrained by judicial review. Here’s some guidance <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/dissent-made-meaningful> on how to proceed.

Please let us know if you have any questions, either on activism strategies or the underlying issues.

Have a great weekend,
Shahid

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Shahid Buttar
Director of Grassroots Advocacy
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
shahid at eff.org
415 436 9333 x. 171



> On Jan 2, 2018, at 5:23 PM, Shahid Buttar <shahid at eff.org> wrote:
> 
> Happy new year! I hope the holiday season offered plenty of celebration and am writing now about a time-sensitive opportunity to advance digital rights undermined by warrantless NSA surveillance.
> 
> You may already know that faced with a key statutory deadline at the end of 2017, members of Congress tried to ram through a proposed last minute extension <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/12/dont-reauthorize-nsa-spying-must-pass-funding-bill> without crucial privacy protections, but instead were forced to punt the question <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/12/momentary-victory-against-nsa-surveillance> into the new year. As a result, the current legal authorization for NSA warrantless domestic surveillance will expire on January 19.
> 
> With only two weeks remaining before the new deadline, there is no better time to discuss how Bay Area activists working together can influence Congress, and particularly House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
> 
> We invite you to a conference call at 1:30pm PDT tomorrow, Wednesday, 1/3/17. Please reply if you (or others in your group) are able to join us. We’ll share call-in details with groups whose representatives RSVP.
> 
> We’re looking forward to your thoughts--and to working together to finally put an end to warrantless domestic surveillance in 2018!
> 
> All the best in the new year, and talk to you soon,
> Shahid
> 
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> Shahid Buttar
> Director of Grassroots Advocacy
> Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
> shahid at eff.org <mailto:shahid at eff.org>
> 415 436 9333 x. 171
> 
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